Check-canceling press.



PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904 A. DIETZE. CHECK CANCELING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1904.

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Batented June 28, 1904.

P TENT O F ARTHUR mETznoFNEw YORK, N. Y.

' CHECK-OANCE-LING PRESS.

" srEcIFIcATIoN forming partof Letters PatentNQ; 763,73 dated June 28,1904.

Application filed January 16, 1904; Serial No, 189,379. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR Drn'rzn, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York, borough of Brooklyn, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Canceling Presses,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a check-canceling press of that class which isused by business houses for perforating checks at the places where thenumbers indicating the amount of the check are located, so that aneasily-operated and very effective check-canceling device is obtained.

The invention consists of a check-canceling press which comprises avertically-reciprocating set of punching cutters, the shank of which isreciprocated by a fulcrumed link, the outer end of which is engaged bythe U-shaped end of a fulcrumed hand-lever, a clearer-plate providedwith slots corresponding in form to the cross-section of thepunching-cutters, and a die-plate below the punching-cutters providedwith recesses in line with the cutters and slots of the clearer-plateand corresponding with the same in form and position, as will be fullydescribed hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myimproved check-canceling press. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 22, Fig. 1, showing the clearerplate. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section online 3 3, Fig. 1, showing a top View of the dieplate; and Fig. 4 is avertical longitudinal section on line at 4:, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- In the drawings, Arepresents the stand-of my improved check-canceling press. Inthe upperpart of the stand A is guided the shank B of the punching-cutters G, ofwhich preferably three are arranged. The cutters C are made of steel,concaved and arranged in triangular position relatively to each other,as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The punching-cutters C are attached to the lowerend of the supporting-shank B by clamping-screws, so as to be removablefrom time to time for the purpose of sharpening the lower ends of thesame. portion or the stand A by means of headed guide-screws and isreciprocated by means of a link D and hand-lever E. The link D isfulcrumed to the upper part of the stand, one end engaging a recess 6 inthe shank B, while The shank B is guided in the upp the opposite end isprovided with an antifric- V tion-roller d, that is engaged by theV-shaped end of the hand-lever E, fulcrumed at e to the upper part ofthe stand. The downward motion of the hand-lever E produces by theintermediate link the descent of the cancelingcutters,while the upwardmotion of the handlever returns the cutters into raised or normalposition. 7

The lower ends of the punching-cutters are guided in a horizontalclearer-plate F, which is attached to a recess in the stand A, as shownin Fig. 1. The clearer-plate is provided with slots f, corresponding tothe size andcurvature of the punching-cutters, said clearerplate servingto retain the check after it is punched and prevent it from followingthe direction of the punching-cutters. Below the clearer-plate andvertically in line with the cutters is arranged a die-plate G, which issupported on the lower front part of the recession of the stand A. Thedie-plate is provided with recesses g vertically in line with thepunching cutters and the slots in the clearer-plate, so that when thecheck is placed in position on the die-plate with the number of theamount for which the check is drawn vertically above the recesses of thedie-plate G the descending cutters will punch the check at the number,making a non-erasable indicationof the amount of the check, preventingthereby the alteration of the figures in any manner.

When the hand-lever is returned to its normally raised position, thefulcrumed lever D is returned, with the punching-cutters, into itsformer position, the check being stripped ofl the cutters by theclearer-plate, all the parts being then returned into the position shownin Fig. 1, while the second position of the press is indicated by thedotted lines passing through the fulcra of the links D and dieplate G.The stand is preferably attached by perforated ears to a bed-plate orpermanently attached to a desk or other support.

My improved check-canceling press is operated with great facility andquickness to produce the reliable non-erasable and convenient cancelingof checks at the number-marks of the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A check-canceling press, consisting of asupporting-stand provided with a front recess, a vertically-guided shankprovided with a recess at its rear edge and longitudinally-concavedpunching-cutters arranged in triangular form at the lower end of thesaid shank, a fulcrumed link engaging the recess in said shank, afulcrumed hand-lever provided with a V-shaped portion engaging theopposite end of the fulcrumed link, a stationary clearerplate arrangedbelow the punching-cutters in the face-recess of the supporting-frame,and provided with slots corresponding in shape and position with thesaid punching-cutters and alined therewith, and a stationarydieplatebelow the clearer-plate, said die-plate being provided with recessescorresponding and in line with the punching-cutters and slots of theclearer-plate, substantially as set forth. In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my invention Ihave signed my name in presence of twosubscribing witnesses,

ARTHUR DIETZE. Witnesses:

HENRY J. SUHRBIER, FRANK E. BOYCE.

